Vietnamese Pot-bellied

Vietnamese Pot-bellied
Two fat black pigs sleeping
In the Jardim Zoologico de Lisboa in Lisbon
Conservation statusFAO (2007): endangered[1]: 130 
Other names
  • Pot-bellied Pig
  • Vietnamese: Lợn Ỉ
  • Lon I
  • I
  • Í
Country of originVietnam
DistributionRed River Delta[2]: 565 
Usemeat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    average: 50 kg (110 lb)[3]
  • Female:
    average: 48 kg (105 lb)[3]
Height
  • Male:
    average: 36 cm (14 in)[3]
  • Female:
    average: 35 cm (14 in)[3]
Hairblack
  • Pig
  • Sus domesticus
Đông Hồ painting of pigs of I type
Foraging on rice terraces in Sa Pa, in Lào Cai Province

Vietnamese Pot-bellied is the exonym for the Lon I (Vietnamese: Lợn Ỉ) or I pig,[a] an endangered traditional Vietnamese breed of small domestic pig.

The I is uniformly black and has short legs and a low-hanging belly, from which the name derives. It is reared for meat; it is slow-growing, but the pork has good flavour.[4]: 25  The I was depicted in the traditional Đông Hồ paintings of Bắc Ninh province as a symbol of happiness, satiety and wealth.[2]: 616 

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